Quotes About Perseverance

I like being part of teams that go into things that people don't think are doing very well and getting into them to do better.

People talk about you won four national championships. Well, I feel like we've had good enough teams to win eight. So I feel like we failed four times. I feel like I failed four times.

Teams are always hitting me in the gut, trying to grab me when I jump and stuff like that. But I expect it.

I've given it all from my combine to my pro day to my meetings with teams.

The first time I played against Seattle was the only time I felt destroyed. Vin Baker just manhandled me. The whole thing, their double teams, their movement, everything. I must've had eight turnovers. Which isn't a big deal for me because I turn the ball over a lot.

A lesson learned, both in the SEAL teams and as an entrepreneur, is that failure is sometimes a critical component of success.

I ended up staying 10 years in Boston. It was nine as GM but 10 years there. That seemed about right: long enough to try to make a difference and try to contribute to winning teams and some championships.

It's always tough to play against teams that bunker or 'park the bus' inside the 18-yard box, but we always try to focus on our game and how we can overcome the obstacles that the game presents to continue to get better and score goals.

Ultimately, I ended up playing for three NFL teams. That's something I'm proud of, just to get to that level.

I understand when you have great players on losing teams who are tired of losing, struggling in the playoffs every year. You're the lone star. I've been in that position.

Being passed up by teams because of my size made me hungry. I've seen a lot of first-round guys who come in and never really do nothing because they may not appreciate the opportunity because everything has been given to them. I think guys who come from the bottom understand how hard it is, so they appreciate the opportunities more.

Part of being the successful Pixar is that we will take risks on teams and ideas, and some of them won't work out. We only lose from this if we don't respond to the failures. If we respond, and we think it through and figure out how to move ahead, then we're learning from it. That's what Pixar is.

Growing up on an all-boys' team wasn't the easiest thing. I'd have guys come after me on the ice and just hit me because I'm a girl. I'd have parents heckling me from the stands, other parents not wanting me on the team, not making certain teams just because I was a girl.

The league is crazy. It's hard to win in this league, and you have teams coming at you every week with players just as good as you.

I wanted to be part of the Houston Astros when they become a good team. That was my motivation... I never had in my mind the idea of playing with any other teams.

It is good to play strong teams.

If you want to be the best team in the world, you've got to beat the best teams.

Don't matter if I am playing on special teams, don't matter if I am playing linebacker: I want to be the best at what I am doing.

I think the French teams sometimes doubt themselves. They play some beautiful games but, when it comes down to it, do not go through.

The day it becomes impossible for teams like Palace to get results against City, the league might as well just fold up, and we'll do everything on paper.

Of course I want to be the best in the world; I want to play against big teams and against big stars.

I've had teams where we've had to get on a bus for 200 miles, play a game, and then drive 200 miles back.

If you want to be in the top teams, you know you have competition in your place.

When you play against Barcelona and other great teams in the world, you can lose. It happens.